1957–1969: Opening the Space Age
Gemini 4
Crewed research mission; first U.S. spacewalk.
Era 1 of 6 · full record in the catalog
- Launch
- 3 Jun 1965
- Lead / partner
- United States
- Target
- Earth orbit
- Category
- Human spaceflight / science
- Status
- Success
- Vehicle
- unknown
- Mass
- unknown
- Orbit / trajectory
- Geocentric
- Duration
- 4 days, 1 hour, 56 minutes, 12 seconds
Why it happened
Gemini 4 flew during 1957–1969: Opening the Space Age, as part of United States's work toward earth orbit. A sourced write-up of the context around this mission is still on the editorial queue; nothing here is invented to fill the gap.
The mission
The full narrative of this mission is pending research and writing. What is recorded so far: Crewed research mission; first U.S. spacewalk.
Results
Crewed research mission; first U.S. spacewalk.
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Sources & image credits
- Image credit: NASA · license: public-domain (source, checked 2026-08-22)
- Mission record: AntarikshPedia canonical dataset (data-sources/missions_timeline.md)
- Specifications reference: NASA NSSDCA Master Catalog